More than 100 students attended a mental health screening day at SF State on Tuesday afternoon to screen themselves for depression, see a counselor or receive information from other campus health services.

At the screening, Lucia Ramirez, a Sexual Abuse Free Environment (SAFE) Place volunteer, stood in front of Student Services and asked student passersby if they would take a survey on healthy relationships.

“With the information we give out — students know they can get help on campus,” Ramirez said.

Students said the screening, the first in nearly a decade, was informative even if they weren’t clinically depressed.

Sahar Maknoon said she heard about the screening day last week. She took the depression questionnaire and then met with a counselor in another room. Maknoon said the screening was helpful and pinpointed her “neurosis.”

Joanna Witkowski, a communications major, said she does not feel depressed but said the screening is beneficial for students who may be too shy to approach others about their depression but “by seeing where the room number is, they can anonymously go in and solve their problems.”

Larry, an industrial design major at SF State, agrees with Witkowski: “It exposes them to the resources that are available on campus,” he said.

Five counselors were present at the screening, along with peer leaders who conducted and administered the surveys.

Mehgan Sierra, a psychology major, recruited students for Active Minds, a new student-run organization to raise awareness of mental health disorders. Sierra said that they’re trying to “reduce the stigma” associated with mental illness. The table had informational fliers including one on “famous people with mental illness.”

John Penecerrada, the director of the campus fitness center, stopped by the screening and took a survey as well. “Students gotta know that these services are available,” he said.